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CVE-2026-99051

fsverity: RCU-delay the freeing of struct fsverity_info

Published
2026-10-23
Last modified
2026-10-24
CNA
Linux
NVD status
Received

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CVSS v3.1 (listed by NVD)
7.8
HIGH
Scored by Linux (not yet scored by NVD)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0 (listed by NVD)
—
Not scored
CVSS (listed by CVE.org)
7.8
HIGH
Scored by CNA (Linux) · v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS exploit probability
0.2%
Percentile 9.0%
as of 2026-10-24
CISA KEV
—
Not listed

Attack conditions and impact

Derived from the CNA (via NVD) CVSS 3.1 vector
LocalLoginNo interaction Confidentiality HIntegrity HAvailability H
MetricValueMeaning
Attack vector AVLLocal
Attack complexity ACLLow (easy)
Privileges required PRLRegular user
User interaction UINNone
Scope SUUnchanged
Confidentiality CHHigh
Integrity IHHigh
Availability AHHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

NVD

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fsverity: RCU-delay the freeing of struct fsverity_info __fsverity_get_info() calls rhashtable_lookup_fast(), which just uses rcu_read_lock() and doesn't directly synchronize with fsverity_remove_info(). For the same inode this isn't a problem: its fsverity_info is removed only at inode eviction time or upon failure to enable verity, when the inode no longer needs its fsverity_info and it will no longer be accessed via that inode. However, this is broken and can cause a use-after-free for concurrent __fsverity_get_info() for *different* inodes. Those rely on following fsverity_info::rhash_head in the rhashtable under rcu_read_lock() only. They also use fsverity_info::inode to do the key comparison. Fix this by RCU-delaying the freeing of 'struct fsverity_info' after it's been removed from the rhashtable.

CVSS assessments

ProviderVersionScoreVector
NVD / 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)3.17.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA / Linux3.17.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products and packages

CNA (CVE.org)

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux
affected: f77f281b61183a5c0b87e6a4d101c70bd32c1c79 … < fa84f091a8e7fc46fd29834496fab9739dd4c8dc
affected: f77f281b61183a5c0b87e6a4d101c70bd32c1c79 … < e58c3805ed325fe2d4ae2dd467c0486cc860b733
default: unaffected
LinuxLinux
affected: 7.0
unaffected: 0 … < 7.0
unaffected: 7.2.11 … <= 7.2.*
unaffected: 7.3 … <= *
default: affected

Open-source packages (GitHub Advisory / OSV)

fsverity: RCU-delay the freeing of struct fsverity_info

EcosystemPackageAffected versionsFixed in
>= f77f281b61183a5c0b87e6a4d101c70bd32c1c79, < fa84f091a8e7fc46fd29834496fab9739dd4c8dc; < e58c3805ed325fe2d4ae2dd467c0486cc860b733fa84f091a8e7fc46fd29834496fab9739dd4c8dc, e58c3805ed325fe2d4ae2dd467c0486cc860b733
LinuxKernel>= 7.0.0, < 7.2.117.2.11

Linux distribution status

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Debian ↗

ReleasePackageStatusFixed version / notes
bookwormlinuxnot-affected unimportant
forkylinuxresolved not yet assigned7.2.11-1
sidlinuxresolved not yet assigned7.2.11-1
trixielinuxnot-affected unimportant

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References (5)